An American man who believed he saw a burglar break into his home in an Ohio neighborhood shot and killed his own 16-year-old daughter, according to police and local US media.
Yesterday, around 04.30 local time, a woman called for help: Jenny, her 16-year-old daughter, was seriously injured by bullets in the garage. The father was the one who shot her, as he thought he was an intruder and at that moment he was in a state of insanity asking how his child was doing.
While waiting for the police, the two parents were begging their daughter to get up, describes the local newspaper Columbus Dispatch, which was in possession of a recording of the phone call.
But that did not happen, the police report states. The girl, who was taken to hospital, succumbed to his injuries an hour later.
“In any case, if you are the one to pull the trigger, it is really important to know what your target is,” said a police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Ohio, in the north of the country.
“We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss and will do all we can to support the students and their families,” Jenny’s school wrote in a letter to parents, which was republished by the local press.
Less than 2km from the area, in an armed attack on December 7, three people, aged 6, 9 and 22, were killed. The two children went to the same school as 16-year-old Jenny.
According to the Columbus police report, this is the 202nd homicide in 2021 in this settlement of about 2 million inhabitants.
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